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RingtailFeb 26 '12 at 2:45

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I waited for 10 - 20 seconds on that "cannot display this video mode" screen and then Ubuntu 12.04 desktop came up. this is because the default OS will be selected for booting after timeout if we do not disturb anything. (hands away from keyboard)

After logging in, I edited /etc/default/grub

In terminal:

sudo gedit /etc/default/grub

Uncomment the line (removed the #) for GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480 and save the file.